From: Warren Tan Wing Wah (warren_at_warrentan.com)
Date: Sat Jan 16 1999 - 00:17:53 EST
Thanks to all who replied! I sent it back to IBM and they repaired it is
less than 18 hours! The motherboard and processor were replaced.
While I must admit that the service was good, I still can't phantom how a
machine as ridiculously expensive as this can just fail after a few days. I
mean, even my cheap Acers didn't do this to me. Or am I just the unlucky
one with the one-machine-in-a-million failure rate?
Two other issues I wish to discuss with the list:
1. I'm no fan of Windows, but I've grown to use the "start" button on
keyboards quite a lot. Imagine my surprise to see the Thinkpad without the
start button on the keyboard! I'm using Windows 98 now, any ideas how I can
reprogram the left "ctrl" key to become the "start" key?
2. The modem is horrible. It's not my phone line, because both my desktop
and my Xircom 56k modem using the same phone line can achieve 46000bps
rates. My el expensivo Thinkpad's modem, shame on it, has only been up to
32000 max. Any suggestions on improving it? The v.90 upgrade didn't help.
Or are we all befalled with this same fate?
Thanks, happy computing!
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